I recently just built a gaming PC. Trying to be on a budget I got a motherboard without WIFI. But, let me be the first to tell you it's not all about having straight ethernet connection. I'm not close enough to set up with direct connection. But having this little handy Nighthawk is ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!! Not to mention it also has a magnet on the stand which is awesome. The setup is SUPER EASY. You really can't mess it up. Hook it up, download the software, find your connection and you're on the web in seconds. Ease of use is a terrific five stars. My download and upload speeds are GREAT! I never lag with games such as Warzone, Overwatch, and Siege. I highly recommend this to anyone trying to find something easy and great!! 5 out of 5 stars!

After updating to Windows 11 a few weeks ago (under the Insider program) I have had horrid Internet speeds and it has been getting worse. I was hoping an update would fix it. My existing card, a USB WiFi TechKey AC1600 worked great until W-11. I tried new drivers, no good. So... I bought the Netgear Nighthawk and my speeds went from about 3.3Mbps download / 1.0 upload, to a poor, but better, 22.5-ish Mbps download and 2.0Mbps upload. This was radically better but even so, better is not acceptable and I was still lagging well behind what I had just a few weeks ago with Windows 10. So... back to BestBuy and upgraded my Orbit RBK553 to the RBK853. Wow, that was a radical change and made great improvements even in my far away workshop. Okay, 'radical' again is now only up to the promised speeds by Spectrum in my not-so-rural but old-school-copper-cable neighborhood. Now, with these two hardware updates in place, I have speeds of 65.5Mbps download and 5.71Mbps upload. This is where it was when I moved here so now I am back to normal. Yay for Netgear, disappointing for Microsoft's claimed Internet improvements with Windows 11. Now that I am back up to speed, I have no excuses not to get back to work and also back to designing on Fusion 360... sigh.

Do not install the Netgear Genie, just use the standalone driver installer. On my 850/900 (as tested with ethernet) internet I'm getting around 110/73 which is plenty for me over wifi I have a Nighthawk X10 router and it's probably around 30 feet and two walls between the computer and the router. This will do until I have the effort to run ethernet.

Once I got the proper software loaded for this it picked up my network right away. The software is a little glitchy but I found the correct software and driver package online at Netgear. Improved signal strength over the old unit! Size is larger but not intrusive. Sturdy base.

This purchase worked for me. I didn't want to replace internal NIC and this provides me with the dual band I wanted. WiFi internet speed averages at 250mbps with multiple devices in a 1k square footage area.

My NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi USB Adapter (A7000) has been rock solid. I bought it based on WireCutter's recommendation and am glad I did. I highly recommend it.

I tried multiple times to install drivers and setup with the included disk. I tried one last time moving the USB connection to a USB3 and maybe this helped even though the instructions say to install drivers with unit unplugged. I finally made some headway and even got the installation to work. Not sure why? Bonus points for calling tech support and actually being able to talk and understand a person. The unit seems to be working flawlessly now that I'm past the installation.

The Nighthawk AC1900 is an excellent product. We moved into a new house and found that the builders sealed up the cable/phone Jack's in the bedrooms. I was used to hardwire for my desktop and had to come up with an alternative. This fit the bill wonderfully. It was easy to install and worked perfectly out of the gate. My games and net surfing are perfect with no loss of signal. I've used Netgear products before and they are excellent. Great job Nergear, I'm a VERY happy camper and you will be too! No more wires for me.

Greatly improved my wifi experience, extremely fast and just perfect for my needs. Signal strength is always on the highest bars even though router is about 40ft away. Works perfectly as advertised, no drop connections, no loss of speed and no lag when gaming. Thanks, Netgear for making a solid device.

The adaptor resolved my connectivity problems. Great product, performed exactly as advertised.